Maila Nurmi
Acting
Biography
Maila Elizabeth Syrjäniemi (December 11, 1922 – January 10, 2008), known professionally as Maila Nurmi, was an American actress best known for creating the camp 1950s character Vampira. She was of Finnish descent.
As actor 26
The Incredibly Strange Film Show
1988
Plan 9 from Outer Space
1957
Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies
2022
The Magic Sword
1962
Romance on the High Seas
1948
The Beat Generation
1959
Schlock! The Secret History of American Movies
2001
James Dean: The First American Teenager
1975
I Woke Up Early the Day I Died
1998
The Jet-Propelled Couch
1957
Sex Kittens Go to College
1960
American Scary
2006
The Big Operator
1959
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991
The Many Faces of Dracula
2000
Population: 1
1986
The Vampira Show
1954
Vampira: The Movie
2006
Flying Saucers Over Hollywood: The 'Plan 9' Companion
1992
I Passed for White
1960
Vampira: About Sex, Death and Taxes
1995
Vampires: Thirst for the Truth
1996
The Haunted World of Edward D. Wood, Jr.
1996
Monsterama: A Tribute to Horror Hosts
2004
Vampira and Me
2013
Bungalow Invader
1981